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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  I do in this area for a summer job?” Experimenting in College Stuff I've experimented with in college: Mathematics, Theoretical (Course 18-3): brief ... . Conclusion: college has been fun, but I still have no idea what I will do in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  If you are a college student, or even in high school, you may have ... ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... the book that I have re-read every summer of college, from 2014 til now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  about college essays. It's interesting how life changes. A year ago, college applications were at the forefront of my mind. I scrapped essays ... feared that colleges would reject me on basis of senior fall grades alone

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  After attending many entrepreneurship networking events as a college ... either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even the dropouts usually have at least one year of college under their belt

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  Bridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don ... Bridge application shown up on my MyMIT tracking page? A: Colleges only just received ... of the National College Match. If you are not matched with any school

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  atmosphere. Her first job out of college was programming for Jim Elliot at MIT ... . She studied astrophysics at Wellesley College and then went on to ... physics and math major from Sienna College. She appears in the New Horizons

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  in college? Nope. College, high school, grad school, all the chapters ... remind you that, like wearing Spandex, college is a priviledge and not a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  college stuff, and cried about leaving home. My parents dropped me and my ... impressive than getting into college. I’ve realized over the past two years ... decisions page: We know that applying to college is stressful, and that the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college ... have a great experience at any of three colleges to which I applied. So ... an amazing college experience!

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... world. I remember thinking about how old college students seemed all ... junior year of college. The workload has increased substantially, but I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  college. Wonderful, I picked the major with the worst possible times for ... , you theoretically always have money on you. My college loans feed ... college, MIT, admissions, or anything else. Can I be fired for this? Meh.

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  probably won't in college. You'll probably get lazy and gain some weight. Or ... , there's a lot college has to teach you - calculus lessons, life lessons ... to college, and maybe all the time you've saved from tying your shoes

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  Georgia Military College, in Milledgeville, Georgia. Etta is a straight ... 'll close with this. The concept of an LΔ is really important for all college ... for college applications for a moment. Every attribute that contributes

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  professor put up a transparency with a "script" for a college-age heterosexual ... researchers who surveyed college students and were trying to figure out what ... , because before college, I had no idea what was going on around me in terms

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  Nations International School, then uptown to Hunter College High School, the ... about colleges and universities. Many of the students I met already knew a ... high schools than most other colleges. One of the questions asked quite

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is ... things in red cups just like the rest of the nation's college students. The ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  college interviews. Nearly three years ago now...believe it or not, guys ... senior (in your final pre-college year), you probably want to take the SAT ... TOEFL as well. When you start applying to colleges, you'll get the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  [annotation note="And I came anyway. I figured college is for personal growth as ... that I was truly headed to college. Panic. Decide that the best way ... after leaving for college? Even an overly generous estimate of seeing my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  everyone. around this time last year, when college decisions were all coming

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  about the competition, or college apps, or whatever. I asked how they were ... are typically people who know they’ll help HMMT when they get to college ... we were up to now, and about college. He asks me if I still keep up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019